Originally Posted by
Horsehide Harry
You've turned this into something it never was. I never said that the fact that the Chisox were a bad mix in 2016 that it would be predictive in the future in a quantitative fashion. But you can still learn from it. But what you learn may be more subjective than definitive.
For me, you look at the Chisox and have to say:
Rotation: Check
Ace: Check, in fact argument for 2
Pen: OK
Closer: Check
Pitching above league avg. BB below league avg. HR allowed below league avg.
Overall, pitching good to very good.
Offense: 4.23 runs per game, far under league average of 4.52. Finished 11th in the AL. Power, 168HR, well below league average of 197 and 13th in the AL. SB 77, league average. K right above league average. BA league average, OBP below. Slugging below.
Offensively they were a below average team. Got very little out of C, CF and DH.
Team defensive efficiency: league avg.
Errors 95, above league avg of 91.
DP above league avg.
Overall a pretty average team defensively.
Looking at that, I would say that even with an underperforming offense, the WS should have been a .500 or better team. It looks to me that they underperformed by 3-5 wins from where they should have been.